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Missing "Subject" column in Inbox whilst in Unified view

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rh_au
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My Thunderbird email client has frustratingly dropped its Subject column in the Unified view of my Inbox. Whilst I have "fixed" the problem in the three individual email Account displays I have not been able to make it re-appear in the Unified display.

The part-fix was achieved after finding a recommendation on this site to:- 1. Try the 'Restore Column Order' menu item - which didn't work. 2. If that doesn't help open a folder that has the correct columns, then click the selector icon at the end of the column buttons, Apply columns to... and select the defective folder - which did work other than for the Unified view.

How can the the Unified view be fixed?

My Thunderbird email client has frustratingly dropped its Subject column in the Unified view of my Inbox. Whilst I have "fixed" the problem in the three individual email Account displays I have not been able to make it re-appear in the Unified display. The part-fix was achieved after finding a recommendation on this site to:- 1. Try the 'Restore Column Order' menu item - which didn't work. 2. If that doesn't help open a folder that has the correct columns, then click the selector icon at the end of the column buttons, Apply columns to... and select the defective folder - which did work other than for the Unified view. How can the the Unified view be fixed?

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The usual recommendations for fixing Unified view are here:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unified_Folders_not_working

Deleting the smart mailboxes folder and virtualfolders.dat often works.

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sfhowes
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The usual recommendations for fixing Unified view are here:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unified_Folders_not_working

Deleting the smart mailboxes folder and virtualfolders.dat often works.

rh_au
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Thanks heaps sfhowes.